Browsing: Congo-Brazzaville

Congo’s transport minister opened permanent talks with sector unions in Brazzaville as CFCO rail workers report 44 months of unpaid salaries.

Congo-Brazzaville launched a voluntary repatriation from South Africa on July 5. PM Makosso welcomed the first 65 returnees at Maya-Maya airport in Brazzaville.

Minister Mondelé and the Congo Assistance Foundation led Brazzaville’s monthly plastic-free clean-up, pushing for a greener capital and a lasting civic habit.

In Paris, Foreign Minister Bounda met Congolese diaspora voices, including expert Deve Maboungou, on airfares, consular reform and expat voting rights.

BSCA unveiled a mobile banking van in Pointe-Noire on 2 July 2026 to reach unbanked communities in a country where banking access stays below 30%.

Congo-Brazzaville lifts its 2026 budget by 227.5 billion FCFA to 2,778 billion, driven by crude at $67 a barrel amid Middle East tensions.

Six Makoua districts get modern boreholes as councillor Serge Itoua ends years of water shortages in Congo’s Cuvette department.

Airtel Congo has appointed Abdelkader Babakodo as its new CEO, promoting the former commercial director to steer the operator’s growth and digital push.

Slam poet Princia Besty was raped and killed in Brazzaville after traveling from Pointe-Noire for her passport. Police open an investigation as tributes pour in.

Six Congolese students, backed by SNPC, join 27 nations at the 33rd Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad in Yamoussoukro from 26 June to 4 July 2026.